Extravagance and excellence vie in Meyerbeer’s Le prophète at Bard SummerScape

United StatesUnited States Meyerbeer, Le prophète: Soloists, ‘Marche du Sacre’ Banda, Bard Festival Chorus, Dancers, Enfants, American Symphony Orchestra / Leon Botstein (conductor). Bard SummerScape, Fisher Center at Bard, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, 4.8.2024. (RP)

Robert Watson (Jean de Leyde) © Andy Henderson

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A wide-angle American panorama, brilliantly performed by John Wilson and the Sinfonia of London

United KingdomUnited Kingdom PROM 21 – Various: Steven Osborne (piano), Sinfonia of London / John Wilson (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 4.8.2024. (CK)

Steven Osborne performing Rhapsody in Blue with the Sinfonia of London © BBC / Chris Christodoulou

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Mozart, Richard Strauss and Schwencke – MasterFest Concert III at Verão Clássico in Lisbon

PortugalPortugal Verão Clássico Festival 2024 [3] – MasterFest Concert III: Anna Samuil (soprano), Tedi Papavrami, Alissa Margulis (violins), Jennifer Stumm (viola), Giovanni Gnocchi (cello), Silvia Careddu (flute), Pascal Moraguès (clarinet), Filipe Pinto-Ribeiro, Matthias Samuil (piano). Museu Nacional dos Coches, Lisbon, 31.7.2024. (LV)

Anna Samuil taking a bow at the Verão Clássico Festival © Andreia Carvalho

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The Three Choirs Festival ends with an exceptional performance of The Kingdom

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Three Choirs Festival [7] – Elgar: Anita Watson (The Blessed Virgin – soprano), Rebecca Afonwy-Jones (Mary Magdalene), Toby Spence (St John), Alex Jones (St Peter), Three Choirs Festival Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra / Adrian Partington (conductor). Worcester Cathedral, 3.8.2024. (JQ)

Adrian Partington conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra © Michael Whitefoot

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A larger-than-life opening to the EIF’s Queen’s Hall series from Jakub Józef Orliński

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival [1]- Music from 17th Century Italy: Jakub Józef Orliński (countertenor), Il Pomo d’Oro. Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 3.8.2024. (SRT)

Il Pomo d’Oro and countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński © Andrew Perry 7

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